Leipzig Spring School on Linguistic Diversity 2008

[Martin Haspelmath]

Announcing


*Leipzig Spring School on Linguistic Diversity*
26 March - 4 April 2008

The Leipzig linguistics community invites advanced students (Ph.D. or 
M.A. level) in linguistics and related fields to attend this ten-day 
event in March/April 2008. It is co-organized by linguists at the 
University of Leipzig and at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary 
Anthropology

The Spring School offers courses in different areas of linguistics, 
which look at language from the point of view of linguistic diversity 
(comparative syntax, areal typology, comparative phonology, language 
contact, typological psycholinguistics). The courses will be taught by 
linguists from the various Leipzig-based institutions and visiting 
scientists currently working in Leipzig. The participation fee is only 
EUR 35.

Organizers:

Prof. Martin Haspelmath (MPI-EVA)
Prof. Balthasar Bickel (U Leipzig)
Tyko Dirksmeyer (U Leipzig/MPI-EVA)
Fachschaftsrat Linguistik (U Leipzig)

For more information, see 
http://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/conference/08_springschool/index.html.
The registration (including affordable accommodation) will begin soon. 
The deadline for paying the accomodation fees is 15 February 2008.

-- 
Martin Haspelmath (haspelmath at eva.mpg.de)
Max-Planck-Institut fuer evolutionaere Anthropologie, Deutscher Platz 6	
D-04103 Leipzig      
Tel. (MPI) +49-341-3550 307, (priv.) +49-341-980 1616

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